Re: strange outbound connection

[johannes <johannes121@gmx.de>]

Thanks for all replies; they all were usefull in providing tests as to 
make me believe that quite probably this is something 'harmless', maybe 
a bug in firestarter.

>   Well, if johannes really have a rootkit installed, it may be hiding
> from netstat, ps etc. So I'd suggest him to boot from a livecd and run
> chkrootkit.

I ran chkrootkit from a Knoppix-CD, reproting nothing.

After the reboot, naturally, the funny connections, or the note thereof, 
have disappeared.

Thanks again, I learned a lot,
Johannes